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2021 Fall Course Info
Estate Planning for FamiliesInsurance Planning for FamiliesInvesting for the Family's FuturePersonal Income TaxationRetirement Planning, Employee Benefits, and the FamilyFundamentals for Family Financial PlanningFinancial Planning - Case Studies
2021 Summer Course Info
Investing for the Family's FuturePersonal Income TaxationFundamentals for Family Financial PlanningFinancial Planning - Case Studies
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Fall 2021 Course Information
Retirement Planning, Employee Benefits, and the Family
Course Description
This course covers micro and macro considerations in retirement planning for individuals and families. Content includes a survey of various types of retirement plans, ethical consideration in providing retirement planning services, assessing and forecasting financial needs in retirement, integration of retirement plans with government benefits, and current research and theory in the field. Case studies provide students experience in retirement planning needs analysis.
Contacts
Instructor

Doug Nelson
Office: 913-461-7283
Fax: 888-648-0771
dnelson16@unl.edu

Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

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Textbooks

THE TEXTBOOK RETIREMENT PLANS AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IS REVISED EVERY SPRING. A NEW ISBN # FOR THE 17TH EDITION HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET
Dalton text, coming out in May
Edition: 2021

Behavioral Investment Counseling
Murray, Nick
Edition: 2008
ISBN: 978-0-615-25209
Publisher: out of print--available in digital format on the author's website

Retirement Heist, How CVompanies Plundr and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers
Schultz, Ellen E.
Edition: 2011
ISBN: 1591843332
Publisher: Portfolio/Penguin

Course Access

Canvas at UNL

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Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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